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Early life

Abugabal was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt. His father and mother are a doctors[1] with four siblings who are doctors as well. After completing high school at age sixteen, Abugabal received his medical doctorate from the University of Ainshams. He went on to receive a masters in clinical oncology[1] in 2013.

Career

Abugabal is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology [ASCO] and the European Society of Medical Oncology.

He founded the International Cancer Research Center[3] and acted as its CEO. The organization works for awareness, patients support, education, research, and programs to train professionals. He also started collaborating with other entities. The center worked with the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the United States to train researchers for six months, certify them, and offer the course in Egypt.[no citations needed here]

In February 2017 represented Egypt in the World Government Summit in Dubai, UAE as an expert in expert on youth inclusion, negotiation, leadership and countering violent extremism, where he helped design programs on youth and the role of governments to be implemented.[no citations needed here]

Abugabal has been a professional speaker at international[4] conferences [5] on health employment,[6] challenges faced by the youth, and the role of innovation and diversity for a better future.

Dr. Yehia Abugabal was one of the founders featured in the book The Last Key to Success.[7][8]

Honors and awards

Abugabal was named one among Forbes top 30 under 30 in 2016 under healthcare category.[3]Forbes Middle East named him one of the top five change makers in the Middle East for 2016.[9] [[Arabian Business]] magazine named him one of the top 100 influential Arabs under 40,[10] and Cairo Scene online magazine named him one of top 16 Egyptian changing the country in 2016,[11] his story was covered by the German tv channel Deutche Welle[12]

Research

His research areas of interests are breast medical oncology. He is interested in the introduction of guidelines in oncology practice. He frequently talks about cancer patients who are young, and their concerns pertaining to the hair loss during the chemotherapy.[13]